Amer Food Mart

September 19, 2016 · Fail

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official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeCanvass
failed findings9
critical findings1

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Failed findings

sick-employee policy not followedcritical

Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED FROZEN TAMALES BEING RE-HEATED IN HOT HOLDING UNIT IN FRONT OF SERVICE COUNTER(PARTIALLY FROZEN AND AT 121.1F), ALSO FOUND COOKED HAMBURGERS IN HOT HOLDING UNITS AT 126.6F AND 130.6F. ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS BEING REHEATED MUST REACH AN INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 165F OR HIGHER AND ALL HAMBURGERS MUST BE COOKED TO AT LEAST 155F BEFORE SOLD. ALL PRODUCTS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES DISCARDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A). 5LB VALUED AT $35 DISCARDED.
code 3Priority
toxic items stored near food

Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
Inspector note: IMPROPER PEST CONTROL NOTED ON PREMISES. 26 MICE DROPPINGS FOUND ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH CHIP TRAYS ON SALES FLOOR. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS AND KEEP FRONT DOOR CLOSED TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY(DOOR OPEN UPON ENTERING ESTABLISHMENT). SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
code 18
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed

Inspector note: PACKAGING ICE ON PREMISES. ALL ITEMS PACKAGED ON PREMISES FOR SALE MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH NAME AND ADDRESS OF BUSINESS AND CONTENTS.
code 30
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained

Inspector note: PAINT RUSTY EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP. REMOVE ALL EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD-UP FROM THE INTERIORS OF DEEP FREEZERS WHERE PRESENT. PAINT STAINED RAW WOOD DOOR NEAR MOP SINK. REPAIR OR REPLACE UPPER INTERIOR PANEL ON DOOR TO DEEP FREEZER IN REAR HOT FOOD PREP AREA.
code 32
food prep surfaces dirty

Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
Inspector note: CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF LARGE ICE MACHINE AND ICE SCOOP INSIDE, MOP SINK IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA, ALL STORAGE AND DISPLAY SHELVES, SINK IN WASHROOM, EXPOSE HAND SINK IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA, EXTERIOR OF DEEP FREEZER AND PREP TABLE WHERE TABLE TOP DEEP FRYERS ARE STORED, AND ALL OTHER UNCLEAN SURFACES THROUGHOUT.
code 33
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used

Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHERE DIRT, AND DEBRIS ARE PRESENT.
code 34
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

Inspector note: CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE BUILD-UP FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IN REAR HOT FOOD PREP AREA. CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE BUILD-UP FROM WALL BEHIND DEEP FRYER.
code 35
pests in the house

Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
Inspector note: COOKING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA, MUST INSTALL AN EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THIS AREA. COOKING HAMBURGERS FROM SCRATCH ON A TABLE TOP GRILL WHICH MUST ALSO BE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD WHEN IN USE.(MAY NEED TO EXPAND THE HOOD TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PIECE OF COOKING EQUIPMENT).
code 38
Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored

Inspector note: ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED INSIDE MACHINE TOUCHING THE ICE. MUST STORE ICE SCOOP IN THE SLOT PROVIDED INSIDE THE UNIT OR IN A CLEAN CONTAINER PREVENTING CONTAMINATION.
code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 29, 2014: 8 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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